I reached out to XTO, who operates the Fullerton Clearfork Unit TR 014, in Andrews County, TX. I receive royalties from this lease and have no way of checking production accuracy without the API numbers. The TX RRC has no record of TR 014, and XTO refuses to provide the API numbers as they “do not provide personal information research.” Can anyone here advise me where to find the API numbers, or perhaps refer me to a qualified landman in the Andrews County area?
If you can locate the wells on RRC’s map it will give the API number. But having API numbers won’t help you check production from specific wells since the production from all the wells in that big unit appear to be reported to RRC on a total unit basis rather by well. Not unusal for large units.
Here’s a link to RRC’s GIS map if you need it. https://gis.rrc.texas.gov/GISViewer/
Its a big waterflood which sounds like its paying on a tract basis (TR 14). And probably reporting production on a unit-wide (i.e. lease) basis. Which is going to make everything really rough. I would guess the tract volumes are a constant % of the unit volumes based on how big the tract is versus the total unit size. So the tract volumes in your check should follow the overall unit production.
Here is what all of the production looks like over time
So if you are seeing some huge drop off in what you are getting paid it makes sense, the whole unit has gone from four thousand barrels a day in 2023 to one hundred barrels a day.
XOM supposedly has all of their platform units up for sale, so you’d think they would be trying to fix this…or maybe they have given up.
I wouldn’t ask XTO about API numbers, I would ask them what the actual hell they did to the unit.
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You will have to find the original unit agreement and any amendments in order to discover your tract participation percentage. You will then be able to apply your tract participation to your mineral ownership to determine the production allocation. XTO already does this for you, but it never hurts to check for accuracy.
fwiw, story is that they are having gas takeaway issues from a third party and thus they can’t produce the oil (or else they have to flare and its XOM so that’s not happening).
so, um, yeah its not really producing.
So, will production eventually return?
Good question Jerry. With a Quick Look you would think so, but you have to consider the economic limit for the operator. Be patient. The oil market is going to be volatile for a while.
I don’t know and didn’t ask directly, I’d sorta used up my 3 questions of the magic genie. Some conflict with Phillips66/DCP. No real reason why it’s not capable of returning. In theory they are marketing all of their central basin platform properties. Selling them. You would assume a sale would get it resolved, you also kinda assume they would try to get this fixed to get more in a sale.
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Thanks for the information! Had a few low offers, but I think it’s wise to keep it.